A.J. Campbell is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Kent State.
Campbell disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches in four seasons at Kent State. On tape: 4 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Bowling Green, Week 9, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 19 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Kent State | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2023 | Kent State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Kent State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 30 | 15 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 14-62@ No. 24 Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-31vs Buffalo | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-66@ No. 7 Florida State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 0-44@ No. 5 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-6vs Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-45@ Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-21vs Bowling Green | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 42-35@ Akron | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-28vs Central Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Week 9 · 2025
W 24-21
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%4 TFLSack rate
11%2 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry19 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Pass share
42.8%
292 pass / 390 run
Plays / game
56.8
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
320 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #356 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #28 of 43 Mid-American DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 20 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Chip Kelly, Sean Lewis, Kenni Burns and Mark Carney.
